Annapolis Capital Punishment

It may be a sign of things to come as Mayor Moyer begins her final year in the big seat on Duke of Gloucester Street. Ray Weaver is leaving his position as public information officer, which  really means being the mayor's press secretary and spinmeister. Weaver and CP did not see eye-to-eye and his record of responsiveness with inquiries was inconsistent, but he usually managed to walk a challenging walk in the servitude of our highly unpopular and thin-skinned mayor. It could not have been an easy job running interference and speaking for a boss who has to have the last word, heartily used the media to attack her own constituents and thinks the local newspaper never gave her a fair break. Can you imagine being told to pen a missive about Alderman Israel, calling his charter amendment an "attack on representative government?"

According to an email passed on to CP (I guess I did not rate receiving one directly from Mr. Weaver), he will be replaced by Rhonda Wardlaw, a former 1430 WNAV news director and servant in the Leopold Administration. CP had many opportunities to cross paths with the dynamic and enthusiastic Ms. Wardlaw while she was at WNAV and is looking forward to working with her again.  She is going to need all of our good wishes in this upcoming year as mayoral and aldermanic candidates crawl into the public eye and as the charter amendment for a city manager comes to prominence.

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